A MICROCOSM OF DEBATE ON HEALTH BILL
But Walter T. Mills, the proprietor of a barbershop here for 32
years, said he and many of his customers agreed with Mr.
Bartlett. . . .
"The bill is financed with funny money," he said. "The money
comes from a very precarious source, higher tobacco taxes. How
can this financing be sustained when we are doing everything we
can to discourage the use of tobacco products?"
Mr. Mills said that because smoking was more common among
lower-income people, they would be hurt most by the proposal to
increase the federal excise tax on cigarettes to $1 a pack, from
the current 39 cents.
